Tag: Sijara Eubanks

By Jose Youngs@JoseYoungs Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Sijara Eubanks is leaving the world of 125 pounds behind her. On Wednesday night, MMAFighting confirmed the initial report from ESPN of the former flyweight contender’s intention of moving up to bantamweight. Eubanks would later take to Twitter to confirm the news herself. This news come a […]

By Alexander K. Lee@AlexanderKLee Sijara Eubanks Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Sijara Eubanks’s past weight troubles reared their ugly head again on Friday. The would-be women’s flyweight contender came in at 127.2 pounds for her fight with Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 230, which takes place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. That put Eubanks […]

mmafighting.com By Jose Youngs@JoseYoungs UFC women’s flyweight Sijara Eubanks knows she’s not popular with the fans. Eubanks (3-2), a veteran of Season 26 of The Ultimate Fighter, was expected to challenge Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant 125-pound title in the main event of UFC 230 next month inside Madison Square Garden. The booking was not met with much […]

mmafighting.com By Jose Youngs@JoseYoungs The UFC women’s flyweight title picture has been in flux seemingly since it was the division was introduced in 2017. The 125-pound division was expected to crown it’s inaugural champion at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale when Sijara Eubanks and Nicco Montano squared off in the […]

By MMA Fighting Newswire Roxanne Modafferi (pictured) will fight Sijara Eubanks at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Sijara Eubanks still has a chance to create a Madison Square Garden moment. A day after it was announced that Eubanks would not be […]

By MMA Fighting Newswire Sijara Eubanks will not headline UFC 230.Gregory J. Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Sijara Eubanks just lost the chance to compete for a world title in a headliner at Madison Square Garden, and to say she’s not pleased about that would be an understatement. On Tuesday, it […]